Cables for moving applications: chainflex®

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chainflex® cables from igus® in the online shop

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Configurators for chainflex® cables

Knowledge

Information on chainflex® cables

Cable types

What types of cables are available from igus®?

Drive Tech

Drive technology with chainflex

From super to super cost-effective

Why should I go for chainflex®?

chainflex cables in use - Exciting practical examples from our customers

Sustainability in the cable industry

chainflex-sustainability

chainflex works - guaranteed and certified!

UL-verified

New chainflex products 2025

Predictable safety thanks to laboratory and field experience

chainflex approvals and standards

Approvals and standards

chainflex® CASE - ship'n store by igus

chainflex Case
chainflex Case
  • Reorder 60% faster - thanks to the label with QR code, you can go straight to the product page
  • Easy unwinding directly from the box
  • Easy storage, stacking of up to three boxes directly at the place of use
  • 84% cheaper shipping with UPS Standard
  • Delivery within one to two business days with UPS Standard
  • No more storage systems and drum unreelers required

What are chainflex cables for motion?

What advantages do our cables offer?

chainflex advantages
  • 30 years of experience
  • 4-year guarantee
  • Tested in our own laboratory on over 5,000m², 125 test systems, over 800 ongoing tests
  • Largest product range with 1,354 cable types for data, bus and hybrid systems, control and drive systems
  • Service life that can be calculated and configured
  • Available from stock, from lengths of 1m and within 36 hours
  • Cables for every type of movement: horizontal, vertical, torsional, high-speed
  • Free samples available
  • 50% time saving during stripping thanks to unique CFRIP technology
  • With intelligent tensile-force monitoring from smart plastics as an option for cables subjected to particularly heavy loads

What is the difference between the cables?

Sensor for a smart cable | i.Sense CF.P

  • The CF.P sensor measures the tensile forces on the cables
  • Permanently increased tensile forces can lead to cable damage and, in the worst case, to a cable fire
  • The CF.P sensor recognises incorrectly performed maintenance on the cables

Customer application examples

Pick and place machine

Pick and place machine

Large machining centres

Large machining centres

Fibre Optic Cables (FOC) for the automation technology

Mechanical engineering

Energy chains from igus in stainless steel housing

Ship unloader

Applications with chainflex cables for motion

Further applications

readycable

readycable® harnessed cables

readychain

readychain® ready-to-connect energy chains

More information on chainflex cables

chainflex® test laboratory
chainflex® catalogue
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Consulting

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